So what does this mean for our reserves, which have been progressing just fine? Is Dayton considered close enough that we will essentially forfeit our team and send them five guys to learn to play "like Dutchmen"? I certainly hope not.

Mod: This is a good thread split, but this discussion has been going on in at least one other thread (I think, "Other Teams News" though it could have been the roster thread). Might be good to move that discussion here....

Why is everyone so hung up on pro/rel? It will be the frickin death knell of MLS because the owner/investors are not going to put up with a drop without parachute payments and ginormous TV contracts, which MLS has neither. We need to build up this league first to the point that it is sustainable to have pro/rel, but with single entity status that is going to be real interesting to see how an owner in the drop zone is going to behave when there is a hard salary cap.

would it be promotion/relegation from MLS, or just for a reserve league/semi-pro/amateur league? Anywho, the distances to travel would be too big for anything other than a regional thing. trouble with regions is that you could see some regions being way better than others I suppose.

don't know much about mlb milb but I imagine that if that works, it might be similar to that?

Why is everyone so hung up on pro/rel? It will be the frickin death knell of MLS because the owner/investors are not going to put up with a drop without parachute payments and ginormous TV contracts, which MLS has neither. We need to build up this league first to the point that it is sustainable to have pro/rel, but with single entity status that is going to be real interesting to see how an owner in the drop zone is going to behave when there is a hard salary cap.

From Klinsmann's perspective, the presence of an affiliated minor league also might provide younger MLS players with the same sort of motivation their European and Major League Baseball counterparts have experienced for a century.
Nobody wants to get sent down.

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Imagine, instead of benching GBS during the playoffs, Bobby could have sent him to the minor leagues as punishment. Stay on his good side, Higuain.

This is good news. 'Twill be interesting to see how it works out. And I'm betting on a possible CBA beef/discussion about it too. Where do the USL players fit in, in regard to the players union, for example? Members or not? How will players move? Will there be three types of players now--full roster, reserve, and USL only?